This is the grave of Eldridge Cleaver. Born in 1935 in Wabbaseka, Arkansas, Cleaver did not spend much time growing up in the South. His family joined the millions of Black Americans getting out of the South in this era. With the rise of World...
black panthers
Interesting project here on Chicago activists creating a historical memory project for the Black Panthers work in that city, which most notably included Fred Hampton, assassinated by J. Edgar Hoover's.
Fred Hampton, of the Illinois Black Panthers, speaks at a rally at Chicago's Grant Park in September 1969. Editors note: There is damage to this historic print. — Chicago Tribune.
Given the times we live in, it's worth recognizing those who believed that gay rights was the next phase of the rights struggle when many did not. Such as Huey Newton. From an August 15, 1970 speech: Remember, we have not established a revolutionary value...
This is a day where death has dominated the headlines--Jack Kevorkian, the American economy, Marshall Matt Dillon. But I want to say a special word about the recently deceased Geronimo.